And It Don't Stop: the Best American Hip-Hip Journalism of the Last 25 Years.Edited by Racquel Cepeda Foreword by Nelson George Faber and Faber Faber and Faber, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. , Inc., September 2004 $15.00, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-571-21159-3 This engaging anthology captures the controversial moments of hip-hop from its birth in 1979 to now. In his Foreword, Nelson George recalls being a very young music journalist who had trouble placing a story on Kurtis Blow This biographical article or section needs additional references for verification. Please help [ to improve this article] by adding additional sources. Unverifiable material about living persons must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. in a black publication! Editor Raquel Cepeda, most recently editor of Russell Simmons's OneWorld magazine, chronologically arranges contributions from 30 writers including George, Cheo Hodari Coker, Barry Michael Cooper, Carol Cooper, Joan Morgan, Kevin Powell, Danyel Smith, Greg Tate, Toure and Emil Wilbekin. Her introductions to the three organizing sections of the book, representing each decade so far of hip-hop culture, evoke the precise cultural signposts of each era as well as the flava of the times. --Reviewed by the BIBR BIBR Bay Islands Beach Resort (Roatan, Honduras) BIBR Backward Indicator Bit Received Editorial Staff |
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